{"product_id":"exploring-postcolonial-biblical-criticism-isbn-9781405158565","title":"Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism","description":"\u003ci\u003eExploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise and multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to biblical studies.?  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a concise and accessible introduction to postcolonial biblical studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive overview of postcolonial studies by one of the field's most prominent figures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains one of the most innovative and important developments in modern biblical studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible enough to appeal to general readers interested in religion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Postcolonialism: Hermeneutical Journey through a Contentious Discourse 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Late Arrival of the “Post”: Postcolonialism and Biblical Studies 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Postcolonial Biblical Studies in Action: Origins and Trajectories 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Broadbent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Enduring Orientalism: Biblical Studies and the Repackaging of Colonial Practice 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Postcolonial Moments: Decentering of the Bible and Christianity 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Empire Exegetes Back: Postcolonial Reading Practices 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Afterword: Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: The Unfinished Journey 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Scriptural References 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names and Subjects 204\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This book is brilliantly presented with appropriate biblical texts and hermeneutical insights.”  (\u003ci\u003eTheology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book is written by the foremost scholar in this discipline, with an added chapter by, presumably, one of his students to reinforce the point.\" (Church Times, 21 October 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eR. S. Sugirtharajah\u003c\/b\u003e has published widely on biblical interpretation and especially on the intersection between postcolonialism and biblical studies. His publications include, \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Reconfigurations\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Bible and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), Postcolonial Biblical Reader (2006), \u003ci\u003eStill at the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Margin\u003c\/i\u003e (1995, 2006), and \u003ci\u003eTroublesome Texts\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).  Postcolonial biblical criticism has been one of the most important and vibrant developments in contemporary Biblical Studies. \u003ci\u003eExploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise and elegant introduction to this exciting field of study.  \u003cp\u003eR.S. Sugirtharajah, widely regarded as the field's leading proponent, provides a wide ranging overview of the emergence of postcolonial theory -- examining its origins, describing its development, and demonstrating how it is applied to biblical studies. The book then pays particular attention to two of the current features of biblical studies - reverting to the practices of Orientalism and the emergence of Empire Studies especially in the US. The principal representatives and practitioners of contemporary postcolonial biblical criticism are introduced and their work explored. In order to demonstrate the theory, readers are clearly guided through examples of postcolonial reading approaches, including a reading of the birth stories of the Buddha and Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovative and timely, \u003ci\u003eExploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice\u003c\/i\u003e provides an accessible introduction to an exciting and engaging development in contemporary critical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"R. S. Sugirtharajah has not only been the inaugurator of postcolonial biblical criticism but also its most prolific practitioner. His latest book may well turn out to be his most important: a textbook introduction to the field that is eminently accessible to novices, yet so expansive, challenging and profound that old hands will also learn enormously from it.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eStephen D. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of New Testament Studies, The Theological School, Drew University  \u003cp\u003e\"Sugi is at it again—he has put before his readers another well-written, compellingly-argued, fascinating and challenging read. Anyone interested in critical biblical studies—biblical studies that analyzes its own operations and agenda in a fraught postcolonial situation--in the early twenty-first century will need to take Sugirtharajah’s work very seriously. This book is from my point of view the new starting point for debates and conversations and proposals about postcolonial biblical criticism--and beyond--in the decade ahead.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eVincent L Wimbush\u003c\/b\u003e, Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont Graduate University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989188428005,"sku":"NP9781405158565","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405158565.jpg?v=1761783142","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/exploring-postcolonial-biblical-criticism-isbn-9781405158565","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}